Less obvious, though, are the ways in which social media is strengthening the English language. A South by Southwest panel, “Slap My Words Up: Language in the Digital World,” addressed this ...

This highlights the importance of agile and critical social media use. English in schools, in contrast, still focuses on reading books and writing exam essays. Despite mentions of media in the ...

This is particularly true as updating and checking our social media accounts has turned into a favorite pastime. Thanks to our gadget addiction, social media has ironically generated an anti ...

Social-media platforms, meanwhile, can change dramatically in just a few years. Let me back up. This spring, The Atlantic published my essay “Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been ...

Acclaimed Nigerian author and feminist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has published a reflective essay on young people on social media “who are choking on sanctimony and lacking in compassion.” ...

While many have lauded Adichie’s essay for an apt representation of “woke” culture on social media, the motivation for this essay was also largely personal. Specifically, it was a public ...

The U.S. Surgeon General called for social media companies to be required to use safety warning labels in a New York Times opinion essay published Monday. "One of the worst things for a parent is ...

God help us. It is obscene.” Shortly after Adichie posted her essay, social media erupted. Her name was a trending topic on Twitter for hours, prompting tens of thousands of responses.

Mr. Levin, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, is a contributing Opinion writer. Parenthood has always been fraught with worry and guilt, but parents in the age of social media ...